This committee will:
- Visit members who are ill.
- If a member is ill for more than a week, arrange some token of the Local Union’s concern and desire to help, whether the member is at home or in hospital.
- Extend the Local Union’s condolences in the event of the death of a member or one of their family members, as described in article 25.05 of the collective agreement, and make other appropriate gestures in accordance with custom or the wishes of the family concerned to a maximum dollar figure of $200.00. The combined dollar amount for gestures in the form of appropriate condolences shall not exceed the Local’s annual budget.
The committee members will be the elected chairperson and additional members as may be required to fulfill the committee’s functions.